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Creating Training Plans in Garmin Connect
The Garmin Connect™ platform offers a variety of plans to help you reach your fitness goals. Each plan will provide a series of workouts that build upon each other to prepare you for your event. Plan types include:
Plans feature workouts and expert advice from the world's top coaches. Plans can be added to your Garmin Connect calendar and you can send the workouts to your compatible Garmin device and use it as your virtual coach.
Self-guided running plans can include some non-run workouts like cross-training or bike workouts, but only run workouts from the plan will be sent to devices. Non-run workouts in the self-guided plan will only be displayed as a note in the web version of the Garmin Connect Calendar. These notes will explain what to do for the workout, but will not be recorded like a structured workout.
Triathlon plans are self-guided plans that will send running and bike workouts to compatible devices, but swim workouts will only be displayed as a note in the Calendar in Garmin Connect. These notes will explain what to do for the workout, but will not be recorded like a structured workout.
NOTE: All Garmin Coach plans except the Self-Guided plans can also be accessed from the Garmin Connect app.
Setting up a Self-Guided Training Plan
Instructions are provided below if you would like to set up a triathlon or another self-guided training plan.
Select Training & Planning from the navigation bar on the left.
Select Garmin Coach Plans.
Select Find a Plan.
From here you will need to select the desired option or plan based on what options show. If you want to use a prebuilt plan, select Browse All Plans in the bottom right.
Newer devices will have four options to create a tailored adaptive plan.
Train for an Event
Achieve a Milestone
Improve Fitness
Gain Strength
NOTE: Strength training is only available with a compatible device paired to Garmin Connect. For a list of compatible devices, see What is Garmin Coach for Strength Training?.
After selecting the correct option, you will follow the prompts to fill out the details for your plan to be created. After the plan is created you can sync your watch for it to show the next workout in your plan.
Editing or Removing a Garmin Coach Plan
Select a platform below to learn how to edit or remove a training plan.
NOTE: Cycling Plans will not offer an edit feature in order to change or update race date or long workout day of the week. However, scheduled workouts can be edited on the training calendar. If the end date of a Cycling Plan needs to be changed you will need to cancel the existing plan and set it up again with the new end date.
Garmin Connect App
NOTE: Self-Guided Plans will not show up as an active plan in the Garmin Connect app. You will be able to view and edit the workouts from the calendar within the app.
Select an option: (Cycling Plans will only show Remove)
Remove: this will end and remove your training plan.
Help: for detailed information on a feature in the plan.
Edit: will allow you to make changes to the training plan.
Pause: this will pause all workouts related to the training plan until you resume plan.
Quit: this will end your training plan completely and there is no way to reverse this selection.
Garmin Connect Web
From a web browser sign into your Garmin Connect account.
Select Training from the navigation bar on the left.
Select Garmin Coach Plans.
Locate an active plan.
Edit or Remove the training plan:
Select to edit the Garmin Coach plan. (Will show for Garmin Coach Adaptive Running Plans only)
From here you can Pause or Quit the training plan.
There is no way to undo changes once you select Quit Plan.
Select to remove the entire training plan. (Will show for Cycling, and Self-Guided Training Plans)
Select to change the start or finish date for select training plans. (Will show for Self-Guided Plans)
Specific details on how to access a Garmin Coach plan on a Garmin device can be found in the owner's manual.
Will My Garmin Coach Plan Sync Over When I Add a New or Replacement Watch to Garmin Connect?
As long as the new or replacement watch is compatible with your current Garmin Coach Plan, the workouts should transfer over after a successful sync. If you are not seeing them transfer to your new or replacement watch, confirm you have set the new or replacement watch as your Primary Wearable Device.
(top right).
to edit the Garmin Coach plan. (Will show for Garmin Coach Adaptive Running Plans only)
to remove the entire training plan. (Will show for Cycling, and Self-Guided Training Plans)
to change the start or finish date for select training plans. (Will show for Self-Guided Plans)